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Re: The period at the end of the sentence
« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2008, 10:12:21 PM »
Thanks!  The pain is very bad and sometimes the emotions get me.  I was lucky this month-the two worse days were Saturday and Sunday and we were snowed in so I just laid around and moaned.  H thinks I am playing it up-i just have it.  Tomorrow I should be on the mend and if nothing sends me off the deep end I will be ok.  Now that I think of it the whole former employee thing does not seem as bad today as it did a couple days ago!
Kelly

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Re: The period at the end of the sentence
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2008, 04:40:06 PM »
Dear Kelly,

Hoping that today has been much better and less painful for you!

Carolyn

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Re: The period at the end of the sentence
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2008, 05:25:21 PM »
Well, yesterday were the labor pain like cramps.  Today I went into work and that black cloud hung heavy over my head.  The sight of my mother brought me to tears.  I go home and immediately start looking in the want ads.  EVERY month!!  Every month I go off the deep end.  It seems not too long ago that I was here and now I am back.  I cannot stand it........I cannot stand it.....

My patience is gone.  I cry out to God and ask for a reprieve.  I am in jail...
Kelly

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Re: The period at the end of the sentence
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2008, 06:59:37 PM »
Hi Kel,
I know it's a tough time to think about this...but do you feel that in moving closer to your mother's house (and getting her financial help it) that you might have wedged yourself more tightly into the battle for the business?

Is it possible to think about downsizing your lifestyle, maybe focusing on Voluntary Simplicity, in order to free yourself? Even if it involved moving way across town to a simpler home...or even moving to another state to work in a Christian business that needs and would appreciate a capable manager? Could your husband and children get on board and support you in a new adventure elsewhere? How can you free yourself from the chronic irritant of your mother without removing yourself from her orbit?

You could then work PT, or take more time to find a job that would bring you some daily pleasure, instead of all this misery...

Your life matters. Your days matter. Your serenity matters. You should not live without hope of change.

Just thoughts, and I know they're probably very improbable suggestions. Just don't want you to forget that you always, always, always have choices. Sometimes when I face the possibility of losing my home, I think: how happy could I decide to be in a simple apartment, or a townhouse? Couldn't I create a happy colorful atmosphere? Couldn't I invite people over for potlucks and feel joy anyway, even without this big middle-class security symbol?

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Hops
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Re: The period at the end of the sentence
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2008, 07:14:02 PM »
There was a job online for an internet concierge.  You work from home and when someone goes to the website, you immediately respond to them either via email or by phone....it would be commissioned based.

So I thought between that and waiting tables and my new V4l.com/kellym business I might be able to make enough money.......

It is just the futility of it all.  I love the movie The Count of Monte Cristo and even he was only imprisoned for 12 years.....I have been for 14.

But then in the midst of my despair my sponsor in V4l called and said she had someone from Georgia and Florida she was going to sign up under me so that gave me the boost I needed.....
Kelly

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Re: The period at the end of the sentence
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2008, 08:34:16 PM »
Dear Kelly,

I'm glad to hear that you got a boost today, from that call...

and I positively agree with all that Hops wrote to you, about downsizing liifestyle for the sake of serenity.

Love,
Carolyn